Recherche dans la collection - Mercier, Richard and Dave Bennett -- News Conference

CANADA. NATIONAL PRESS THEATRE

1983-0368

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1983-12-13

News conference held by the Canadian Labour Congress, Ontario Hydro Union, Canadian Union of Public Employees,and the Syndicat des travailleurs de l'Énergie et de la Chimie. In an opening bilingual presentation, [Richard Mercier] former Vice-President, Canadian Labour Congress, and [Dave Bennett], Canadian Labour Congress representative, in Health and Safety, talk about: new regulation coming from the Atomic Energy Control Board; de-regulation measures taken by the AECB; increased worker exposure to radionuclides; risks to pregnant women and to young adults and labour's attempts to hold a closed door hearing on these issues. Questions are then fielded in English and in French on: the delay in response by the Canadian Labour Congress in this protest; reviews and standards used for assessing nuclear damage to human beings; burial of a study by the AECB; methods used to compile study data and the character and nature of the Atomic Energy Control Board. <24mn>

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